Recombinomics
CommentaryJune 2, 2006the Department of the Health, on Friday
(2/6), stated two citizens from Street Arya Putra, the District
kedaung, Ciputat, Tangerang, Banten, positive died resulting from the
bird flu virus.The bird flu patient was named Yohana died in the
Fatmawati Hospital on last Thursday the night.Yohana was second
casualties who still were having the family's relations with other
casualties.Beforehand, the older brother Yohana, Toni, died on May 29
2006

The above translation describes another familial cluster in Tangerang
on the outskirts
of Jakarta. No sample was collected for the index case, who
died three days before his (10M), sister (7F), who was H5N1
positive. The location is near the first
reported familial cluster in July of 2005. The sequence of
H5N1 from the cluster has a novel
cleavage site, which has been found in virtually all isolates from
the West Java area, but the reported sequences from birds in the area
have the wild type cleavage site raising questions about the origin of
the infections.